censure motion

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He died at the age of 67 and was survived by his wife and three children.Lost the post as the Parliament passed a censure motion against her.The no-confidence motion was passed with the votes of 41 MPs accusing her of failing to protect state institutions and instead back the baseless allegations of a political party.…

It can be difficult to distinguish an opposition no confidence motion and other opposition motions critical of Government policy.The term censure motion can also refer a category of motion which does not attempt to remove the Government.A Government can also be forced into resigning or calling an election by a lost vote on the Queen's Speech (The government's legislative programme), losing a Finance Bill or a vote on a major issue on which it fought a General Election campaign.…

As a parliamentary motion, it demonstrates to the head of state that the elected parliament no longer has confidence in (one or more members of) the appointed government.A censure motion is different from a no-confidence motion."No Confidence" leads to compulsory resignation of the council of ministers whereas "Censure" is meant to show disapproval and does not result in the resignation of ministers.…

He was one of eight Conservative MPs who decided on 13 May 1957 to resign the Conservative whip in protest.The group abstained rather than support the Government on a censure motion moved by the Opposition a few days later.Turner received a vote of confidence from the Oxford Conservative Association for his action, although the Association's agent resigned soon after, citing "internal difficulties in the association".…

"No Confidence" leads to compulsory resignation of the council of ministers whereas "Censure" is meant to show disapproval and does not result in the resignation of ministers.The censure motion can be against an individual minister or a group of ministers, but the no-confidence motion is directed against the entire council of ministers.Censure motions need to state the reasons for the motion while no-confidence motions do not require reasons to be specified.…

Under certain circumstances, the President may also theoretically be forced to dismiss the Chairman and the whole government under pressure of the State Duma.For that to happen the State Duma has to pass a censure motion against the Government twice within three months.…

Palmerston said that if the motion of censure was carried it would signal that the House had voted to "abandon a large community of British subjects at the extreme end of the globe to a set of barbarians - a set of kidnapping, murdering, poisoning barbarians."The censure motion was carried by a majority of sixteen and the election of 1857 followed.Palmerston's stance proved popular among the middle classes and the commercial and financial interests.…

The motion was proposed by opposition leader Gaston Flosse after Oscar Temaru ordered an audit of the previous government, which was led by Gaston Flosse.A second censure motion was not voted upon.…

The censure motion can be against an individual minister or a group of ministers, but the no-confidence motion is directed against the entire council of ministers.Censure motions need to state the reasons for the motion while no-confidence motions do not require reasons to be specified.There are a number of variations in this procedure.…

On 11 June 2008, a non-binding censure motion was passed by parliament's opposition-controlled House of Councillors against then Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda.Filed by the DPJ and two other parties, it was the first censure motion against a prime minister under Japan's post-war constitution.Ahead of the G8 summit, it attacked his handling of domestic issues including an unpopular medical plan and called for a snap election or his resignation.…

After the election, she was censured by the Winnipeg School Board for her comments.Granger herself voted for the censure motion, and acknowledged that her comments had been offensive.…

The success of the petition was controversial, as the presiding Judge, Justice Grantham, himself a former Conservative MP, was already facing criticism for a decision on an election petition in the Great Yarmouth constituency which had been considered unduly favourable to the Conservatives.A censure motion was outstanding in Parliament at the time of the decision, but the Government decided not to proceed with it.Five years later, he was censured in Parliament by the then Prime Minister, H. H. Asquith, as a consequence of some comments to a jury in a case in Liverpool.…

On June 11, 2008, a non-binding censure motion was passed by parliament's opposition-controlled upper house against Yasuo Fukuda.Filed by the Democratic Party of Japan and two other parties, it was the first censure motion against a prime minister under Japan's post-war constitution.Ahead of the G8 summit, it attacked his handling of domestic issues including an unpopular medical plan and called for a snap election or his resignation.…

The Conservatives put forth a censure motion, to which the Liberals added an amendment.MacDonald's Cabinet resolved to treat both motions as matters of confidence, which if passed, would necessitate a dissolution of government.…

In the Japanese diet the support of 51 lawmakers is required to submit a co-confidence motion to the lower house.The motion was submitted to the lower house on August 7, along with a censure motion against Noda.The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party was also considering its own no-confidence motion and censure motions if Noda did not agree to call a general election.…

This government lasted only six months before the Higher Transitional Council (CST) approved a censure motion against it.Accused of working with rebels, in September 1995 Kebzabo was arrested and held for five days.…

On 30 June 2008, 39 deputies in the National Assembly (out of a total of 95) filed a motion of censure against Waghef's government.Most of these deputies were from ADIL, although the RFD (the main opposition party) also declared its support for the censure motion.…

In Japan a censure motion is a motion than can be passed by the House of Councillors, the upper house of the Japanese Diet.No-confidence motions are passed in the House of Representatives, and this generally doesn't happen as this house is controlled by the ruling party.…

The minister then proceeded to name members of the National Assembly who he considered to be in the same category of opponents.One of the named deputies, Uch Ven, tabled a censure motion that had been drawn up against the minister.Sihanouk issued a statement afterward attacking the members of the National Assembly for their hostile attitude toward the police.…

The motion was submitted to the lower house on August 7, along with a censure motion against Noda.The main opposition Liberal Democratic Party was also considering its own no-confidence motion and censure motions if Noda did not agree to call a general election.The no-confidence motion was voted down 246 to 86, with the DPJ voting against and the LDP and its partner New Komeito deciding to be absent from the vote after Noda agreed to hold elections "soon".…